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USA Today - After waiting in line for hours at a booth during a medical marijuana convention in San Francisco, Jeff Harrington needed only a two-minute consultation and a written recommendation to become a medical marijuana pati…

The Motley Fool - Full speed ahead
Since 1996, nearly two dozen states have legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, while four states -- Oregon, Colorado, Washington, and Alaska -- have legalized the drug for recrea…

Syracuse.com - SEATTLE — Washington launched its second-in-the-nation legal marijuana market with just a handful of stores selling high-priced pot to long lines of customers. A year later, the state has about 160 shops open, tax…

PennLive - A Vermont teenager who was behind the wheel in a double-fatal crash that claimed his life and took the life of a bicyclist was under the influence of marijuana at the time of the incident, USA Today is reporting.
The in…

The Denver Post - SAN LUIS VALLEY — The concrete was soupy, a wet mush unlikely to harden properly, so Sundance Stadtler added sand to the mixture he was pouring into wooden forms to make footers for his new home in Costil…

USA Today - DENVER – Colorado's marijuana users are helping to buy new roofs, boilers and security upgrades for public schools across the state as the first round of special pot taxes gets allocated later this year.
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Huffington Post - Vermont could become the first state in history to legalize recreational marijuana via state legislature with a new bill submitted Tuesday that aims to end prohibition of the plant.
Senate Bill 95 would legalize …

Fusion - So much for retiring early. Marijuana stocks have tanked in the past year, according to the financial website The Street.
One of the biggest nose-dives came from Advanced Cannabis Solutions, a company that leases growing …

The Hill - Jeb was a high school stoner. Ted Cruz smoked pot as well. Rand Paul hasn't explicitly copped to it, but his old fraternity brothers seem to think he did. Marco Rubio won't say either way — but hasn't deni…

TheState.com - SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE — Marijuana advocates want to finally take their legalization drive — thus far the province of western states — to the Northeast, and they say the first state to do it here m…

WCAX.com - BURLINGTON, Vt. - It's already legal in four states and some say Vermont should be next. Wednesday, high-tech tools helped members of the Shumlin administration collect feedback from across the state on the idea of legalizing …

Wall St Cheat Sheet - 2012 and 2014 were both incredibly important years for marijuana legalization. Colorado and Washington both jumped the gun and passed initiatives to decriminalize and legalize cannabis by popular vote in 2012, and…

USA Today - LAS VEGAS— Nowhere is the mainstreaming of marijuana more obvious than in Sin City this week: Thousands of pot entrepreneurs are descending here for a massive convention dedicated to all things cannabis.
Registrat…

The Boston Globe - MONTPELIER, VT - A public hearing is planned this week on the possible legalization of marijuana in Vermont. The Wednesday hearing will be held statewide via Vermont Interactive Television. Earlier this year the Legislatur…

The Washington Post - It was Election Day in the District, but as Ian Hilton walked past a polling place on Vermont Avenue NW, he was stunned to detect the pungent scent of pot in the air.
“Usually, I don’t smell anyone…

Huffington Post - If all 50 states legalized marijuana and the federal government ended prohibition of the plant, the marijuana industry in the United States would be worth $35 billion just six years from now.
That's according …

Insurance.com - The spread of legalized marijuana is lighting up questions about home insurance coverage for pot.
Will your policy pay out if your plants are stolen or destroyed by a fire? What happens if a neighbor kid …

The Washington Post - Advocates have taken first steps toward getting marijuana legalization on the 2016 ballot in at least six states, with two more joining the growing list this week.
In Maine, advocates formed a polit…

With marijuana legalization now underway in two states, a new major industry is beginning to form around selling legal pot for profit. As more states consider whether to take on legalization, the rising industry has become the main target fo…

The jury in a Franklin County marijuana trafficking conspiracy case received an inside look Tuesday at how marijuana is smuggled into Vermont from Canada. The glimpse was provided during trial testimony at U.S. District Court in Burlington.
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